(23775) Okudaira Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 August 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Kyoko Okudaira (b. 1973) is a Japanese planetary scientist. She is a member of the Stardust PET, Hayabusa, Ikaros-ALADDIN, and TANPOPO mission teams.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Okudaira is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Okudaira is 3.09 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number23775
Provisional designation1998 PE
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.64 km (#15,992 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.403
Absolute magnitude (H)14.79
Orbital period4.32 years
Semi-major axis2.65 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.16 – 3.14 au
Eccentricity0.185
Inclination15.5°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.19 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 2 August 1998

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